How To Install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8. perl-bignum is Transparent big number support for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-bignum

This package attempts to make it easier to write scripts that use BigInts and BigFloats in a transparent way.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-bignum.

Install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-bignum using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-bignum

Install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-bignum using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-bignum

How To Uninstall perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-bignum package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-bignum

perl-bignum Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-bignum
/usr/share/doc/perl-bignum/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/perl-bignum/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-bignum/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-bignum/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/perl-bignum
/usr/share/licenses/perl-bignum/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/bigint.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/bignum.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/bigrat.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Math
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/BigFloat
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/BigFloat/Trace.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/BigInt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/BigInt/Trace.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/bigint.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/bignum.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/bigrat.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-bignum on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.